Research Interests: Early American republic, American religious history, antislavery and race

Selected Publications

“Anthony Benezet as Intermediary between the Transatlantic and Provincial: New Jersey’s Antislavery Campaign on the Eve of the American Revolution.” In The Atlantic World of Anthony Benezet (1713-1784): From French Reformation to North American Quaker Antislavery Activism, ed. Marie-Jeanne Rossignol and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke (Leiden: Brill, 2016), 129-146

"'This whole country have their hands full of Blood this day': Transcription and Introduction of an Antislavery Sermon Manuscript Attributed to the Reverend Samuel Hopkins," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, 112.1 (June 2004): 29-92.

A Republic of Righteousness: The Public Christianity of the Post-Revolutionary New England Clergy, Religion in America Series (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

"The First Party Competition and Southern New England's Public Christianity," Journal of the Early Republic21 (2001): 261-299. Awarded the 2002 Ralph D. Gray prize for best article in vol. 21 of the JER.